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Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:22:22 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=100046#comment-5392269[…] 2010, anonymous Romney staffers would dismiss Governor Palin as “not a serious human being”, and even as recently as last fall, other anonymous staffers joked that they would be trilled with a […]
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:31:42 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=100046#comment-3720184Darwin and the clueless left: It was all a misunderstanding…

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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:25:21 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=100046#comment-3720015I`ll say it again: Palin needs to improve her public speaking. That would help her be taken more seriously by all of these doubters (the ones that really are doubters not those pretending to doubt for their own purposes). In fact, the others are not really that good at speaking (besides Romney). So toning down that awshucks style would be a good thing. I don`t think her detractors mention that awshucks thing publicly because it suits their purposes very nicely.

Public speaking has suffered. Time to remind ourselves of a solid Western tradition of good public speaking from Greece on through the centuries that has suffered greatly in these times.

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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:49:31 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=100046#comment-3719262Shouldn’t the Rhomboids be attacking Obama and his follies?
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:44:37 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=100046#comment-3718092Jimbo: Never mind dictionary definitions that are externally applied to individuals based on their outward actions, such as his ranking by National Journal as the most left-wing Senator over #4, self-described socialist Bernie Sanders (I-VT). There is more reason for observers to believe that Obama is a socialist by his OWN definition (whatever that may be) than not.

Now, if you wish to dismiss all of that history, that’s your prerogative. I would be interested in knowing if you could in short order produce similar exhibits indicating that he’s just as much a free-market capitalist as are most of us.

Not quite accurate. I have no investment in Palin, but if it comes down to picking between her and Obama bin Lyin…

Dark-Star on July 16, 2010 at 11:17 AM

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I think Sarah is awesome… Even as I accept that there might be another who can unseat Obama with less luck, rangling, and nail biting. Not sure who that would be, but we’ll see how things go in about 2…
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That all said, for the first time in my life, I would vote for a door knob as opposed to giving Obast*rd a pass.
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And to these gop a**wipes that are helping the dems by so nastily degrading Palin, or any other non-Marxist for that matter… Piss off.

Still, few express much regard for Palin’s ultimate chances. One adviser to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, and, by traditional standards, the putative 2012 frontrunner, says of Palin, “She’s not a serious human being.” Another Romney intimate warns, “If she’s standing up there in a debate and the answers are more than 15 seconds long, she’s in trouble.”

There’s a whole lot of passionate debate here on HotAir as to whether or not Sarah Palin is the Republicans’ best chance to replace Barack Obama in 2012. IMHO the jury is still out, and it SHOULD be out at least past the 2010 midterms, when everyone should be concentrating on retaking the House and as many Senate seats as possible.

But let’s stop quoting these anonymous advisors to Romney or other candidates saying that Palin is not a “serious human being” or couldn’t last 15 seconds in a debate. If they want to criticize Palin, let them have the cojones to at least state their own names, and we can “consider the source”–otherwise these opinions are worth less than those of Joe the Plumber. Sarah Palin’s book is full of references to people at McCain “headquarters” who never identified themselves who undermined her campaign and ordered her around like a puppet. If these behind-the-scenes advisors are so smart–let THEM run for office!!!

If Sarah Palin is not a “serious human being”, why is she tied in the latest PPP poll with the President? If she really couldn’t last 15 seconds in a debate, why did most observers believe that she WON the only debate she ever had against the vastly more experienced Joe Biden? Why are those taking such cheap shots at her afraid to identify themselves?

Sarah Palin can galvanize and enthuse conservative crowds in a way that John McCain could not, and Mitt Romney cannot. In 2008, she was in the difficult position of both running against Obama and Biden and trying to portray herself and McCain as different from George W. Bush, whom the media blamed for the failures against Katrina, in the war in Iraq, and the bank collapse that started about a month before the election, and voters embraced a vague notion of “hope and change and judgment to lead”.

But lots of voters are now angry at Barack Obama, for massive deficits that failed to provide jobs, for wasting ten months forcing through socialized medicine that most voters want repealed, for worrying about life jackets and sand (traps) while oil gushed into the Gulf for three months. Sarah Palin may be the candidate who can galvanize those voters into a White House majority. And, after oil gushed into the Gulf for nearly three months and our President flailed helplessly wondering whose @$$ to kick, a former state regulator of the oil and gas industry, who negotiated a massive international gas pipeline contract just might be a smart choice for President.

Let Palin, Romney, Huckabee, and the others present their cases, and let the voters decide. And let the anonymous advisors either please stand up and identify themselves, or STFU.

Do you support communism? I’m not being glib, it’s a serious question.

darwin on July 16, 2010 at 10:13 AM

Anyone who has been on this site for long can answer that question about Jimbo3.

Why yes, yes he does.

Jimbo3 is just a progressive troll that enjoys posing as a conservative to stir up trouble. He’s a prickly little Obamabot operative. Just ignore him. Its what most of us try to do.

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Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:26:37 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=100046#comment-3715887For those still beating the drum on behalf of Romney as he possess’ the electability factor, all I can say is people, get a grip on reality willya.

I ask any of those making this arguement to show me how Mittens can even win the nomination. Really, will any Republican candidacy survive woithout the TEA party on board? I thinkknow for a fact that without a TEA party endorsement there is precicisely ZERO possibilty a Republican nomination, and I do mean ZERO.

So while it is probable that Palin can’t round the bases and bring it home, Mittens ncomparably can’t make it to 1st base. I have stated my case above in regards to Palin, but the pro-Romney crowd needs a dose of reality as well.

If Romney thinks he can win the nomination by attacking Sarah Palin’s “being”, he may, get to carry Utah and Massochewshats, but he will lose the rest of the country by a landslide. His Scott Brown trick won’t play in the Red States.

Mitty’d be wiser to choose a better ideas strategy, or he’ll be marked down as a clown on par with Mike Hucklebee, if he’s not already there.

Make no mistake “The Tea Party” has the trump cards, and will hold’em at least through 2012. Gov. Romney can’t win the Presidential game without them – no matter how many times the LEFT and their RINO’s moan the mantra “a candidate too far right to win”.

Again, I do not feel the PalinistasMitt-istas understand how independentsconservatives view PalinMitt. In the end, there just isn’t enough support there. They don’t love herhim like you do, so they have no investment in herhim. They’ll eventually abandon herhim.

Vyce on July 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM

Conservatives form the base of the party, not Independents. Why are we expected to abandon our principles and support your candidate. We tried this last time. I say its time for Independents to support our candidates, not the other way around.

A conservative can return the country to our founding ideals. A RINO will just march toward the socialist cliff at a slower speed.

If you really feel a sense of civic duty, you should vote for the candidate that shares your values and wants to do the same things with government that you want your government to do for you, not for the candidate that can win, win over Indies or beat their opponent.
Jenfidel on July 15, 2010 at 10:54 PM

I’m sorry, but nonsense. Electability always has to be a factor. Always.

And separately: I don’t know why some of you are dismissing the fact that she quit as governor. I understand her motivations for doing so (which were purely monetary, for those who think there were more nobler reasons at play), even respect them. But her quitting is going to cut her -badly – if she runs.

Again, I do not feel the Palinistas understand how independents view Palin. In the end, there just isn’t enough support there. They don’t love her like you do, so they have no investment in her. They’ll eventually abandon her.

Gotta love some of you on the right. You say you would vote for Obama over Palin and then we hear she cannot win. Well then vote for Palin. She won’t win anyway and then you won’t have to tell a pollster years down the road that you forgot who you voted for.

CWforFreedom on July 16, 2010 at 7:48 AM

I’d be happy to vote for Obama over Palin. And I wouldn’t be embarrassed a bit to say so. Those of you who vote for Palin might be embarassed on the other hand.

Absolutely. We’ve had the squishy RINO socialist-lite forced on us before.

If a RINO gets nominated / elected in 2012, I will support a conservative movement to cut loose from the Republicans and form a third-party. I say that knowing full well what that means.

It will prolong the pain for decades, but conservatives form the base of the Republican party… if an arm has gangrene… you cut it off and rebuild your life from there. You don’t let it spread so bad that it kills the core.

Our country has been decimated by progressive ideas, and infected with disdain for the Rule of Law. Only a return to founding principles will save our country… even if it means abandoning the GOP.

Of all the candidate names being brandished about, Sarah has acted consistently in attacking the horrible policy decisions of this administration (while GOP establishment RINOs sat quietly on the sidelines). She refuses to bad-mouth her fellow Republicans, unlike Mitt and Huck. Sarah displays conservative policy in her Facebook postings, and integrity in how she handles fellow Republican detractors.

Mitt can’t say the same.

I made the mistake of getting strong-armed into supporting that idiot RINO McCain. I will not vote for a RINO in 2012. You can whine and moan and play fearmonger all you want. A RINO will not return our country to greatness. Only a Conservative will do that.

If you want my support in 2012, nominate a Conservative.
If you want me to sit out in 2012, nominate a RINO.